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Audio , News StoryUnemployment insurance is broken. How can it be fixed?
Mitchell HartmanMarketplace
November 18, 2020
The Biden administration will likely be able to push IT upgrades and enhance data coordination between state and federal systems. But setting new national standards to increase unemployment benefits and expand eligibility will be mostly up to Congress through legislation.
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Jobless Americans struggle to get and keep benefits
Mitchell HartmanMarketplace
November 4, 2020
More than seven months after COVID-19 all but shut down the U.S. economy, 22.6 million Americans were getting unemployment benefits — either through a state or federal pandemic program — according to the Labor Department. And 751,000 newly unemployed workers filed initial jobless claims, which is more than in any week during the Great Recession.
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New jobless claims are down, but unemployment benefits are, too
Mitchell HartmanMarketplace
October 22, 2020
Tens of millions of Americans are still out of work. Millions of them are running out of unemployment benefits. And those still on the rolls are no longer getting $600 a week in extra federal payments that expired in late summer.
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States are telling some people to pay back unemployment benefits
Samantha FieldsMarketplace
October 7, 2020
Tens of millions of people have been on unemployment at some point in the last seven months, since the pandemic began. Now, thousands are being told they have to pay some or all of that money back, either because they made an error when they applied for benefits, or the state did.
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This fall, back-to-school may block back-to-work for many parents
MarketplaceAugust 18, 2020
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Some cities see eviction prevention as a way to reduce homelessness
David GornMarketplace
September 26, 2018
In many cities, like Los Angeles, only a fraction of residents facing eviction can avail themselves of free legal help.
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New York is betting $155 million that it can cut evictions
Marielle SegarraMarketplace
October 2, 2017
New York City recently passed a law, to be phased in over five years, funding free legal services for residents who are facing eviction and fall below a certain income threshold.
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How Atlanta attorneys are helping kids stay in school
Stephannie StokesMarketplace
August 21, 2017
This past year, one public school in Atlanta tried to break the trend — by providing families with lawyers.
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Hundreds of thousands lose food stamps in Florida
Wilson SayreMarketplace
June 1, 2016
A total of 350,000 people in Florida have lost their food stamps since the restoration of work requirements on Jan. 1.
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New York City takes on evictions
Noel KingMarketplace
October 16, 2015
Legal help is crucial for New Yorkers who don't understand the complexities of the city's housing law. As many protections as there are for renters, there are ways of trying to get around them.
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